公开(公告)号：US20160148142A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-26

申请号：US14604679

申请日：2015-01-24

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： AMARNATH PALAVALLI ,  KUMAR GAURAV ,  T.N Ravi Kumar

IPC: G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06Q10/06315

Abstract: Techniques for minimizing guest OS licensing costs in a volume based licensing model in a virtual datacenter are described. In one example embodiment, a virtual machine (VM) that requires a license key for a type of guest OS installed in the VM is identified. A license key is then assigned to the VM by first attempting to reassign a license key from an inactive VM, and only if a license key is not available for reassignment, obtaining a new license key for the VM.

Abstract translation: 描述了在虚拟数据中心中基于卷的许可模型中最小化客户机操作系统许可成本的技术。 在一个示例实施例中，识别需要用于安装在VM中的客户操作系统类型的许可证密钥的虚拟机（VM）。 然后，通过首先尝试从非活动的VM重新分配许可证密钥，并且只有当许可证密钥不可用于重新分配时，才能将许可证密钥分配给VM，以获取VM的新许可证密钥。